Recommended update for glibc

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(Last modified: 04FEB2008)

solutions Recommended update for glibc SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (a9aeda8c8a84ec65ee414404b3f53287)

Applies to

Package: glibc
glibc-dceext
glibc-dceext-devel
glibc-devel
glibc-html
glibc-i18ndata
glibc-info
glibc-locale
glibc-obsolete
glibc-profile
nscd
timezone
Product(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for x86
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IPF
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM iSeries and IBM pSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries
SLE SDK 10 SP1 for X86-64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for x86
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IPF
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM POWER
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for IBM zSeries 64bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
Zypp-Patch-Number: 4966
Release: 20080204
Obsoletes: none

Indications

Everybody should update.

Contraindications

None.

Problem description

Timezone data was updated for Argentina reflecting DST adoption since Jan 1, several nscd daemon and client crashes were fixed as well as the SunRCP UDP client.

Solution

Please install the updates provided at the location noted below.

Installation notes

This update is provided as an RPM package that can easily be installed onto a running system by using this command:


rpm -Fhv glibc.rpm  glibc-dceext.rpm  glibc-dceext-devel.rpm  glibc-devel.rpm  glibc-html.rpm  glibc-i18ndata.rpm  glibc-info.rpm  glibc-locale.rpm  glibc-obsolete.rpm  glibc-profile.rpm  nscd.rpm  timezone.rpm

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